This last week, Local University (#LocalU) came to Silicon Valley for the first time. LocalU is an event designed to help small and local business owners figure out what to do online. I’ve been to several LocalUs and presented at some of them too, so it was exciting to have one in my home town. […]

Friend and colleague Darren Shaw from Whitespark put together a nice presentation for the SearchLove Boston Conference. In his presentation Darren provides an approach to get your online review strategy going in 32 minutes: Get the Google+ Review Handout Generator – a Free tool that Darren Shaw and Phil Rozek put together (2 minutes) Sign […]

And Expand2Web is proud to be a sponsor. What is LocalU? Local U is an informative four-hour crash course in the basics of internet marketing — and especially Local Search. It’s largely a beginners’ event that is intended specifically for business owners and is aimed at helping them to thrive online. I’m excited to be […]

Next week I’ll be attending BlueGlassX in Tampa. Here’s why I’m excited about this conference: It’s a small event – only 125 people. I’ve found that you tend to have deeper and more meaningful conversations at smaller conferences. BlueGlass is a thought leader in Content Marketing, which I believe is the future of SEO. The […]

I’m excited to be speaking at Local University on October 2. Local University is a nationwide seminar series for small business owners put on by GetListed.org. David Mihm, Mike Blumenthal, Mary Bowling, Mike Ramsey, Darren Shaw, Will Scott, Ed Reese, Matt McGee, Aaron Weiche and other top minds in the local search space generously share […]

Click Here to Register I’m teaming up with Demandforce for a great webinar this Thursday November 3 at 9am Pacific Time. In the webinar I’ll show you: How to optimize your website for better search rankings Key tips for ranking in the local search results How to build and manage your online reviews What makes […]

WordPress is on fire. Latest stats show that almost 15% of the sites on the Internet are powered by WordPress. And out of every 100 new domains registered, 22 of them are for WordPress websites, which indicates continued growth. After attending WordCamp in San Francisco a week and a half ago, I was planning to […]

Do you find yourself wondering if you should attend an industry related event? Do you find yourself wondering if it’s worth the expense? I found myself thinking exactly that in the Summer of 2001. I had learned about a conference that was being held in the Fall of that year in Santa Barbara, California. It […]

WordPress Jetpack is showing up on many WordPress installs now. In fact, if you use BlueHost for your hosting and install WordPress with SimpleScripts, Jetpack is installed automatically for you. At first glance, it looks like a bundle of plugins. But it’s really much more than that. So what is Jetpack? I get a lot […]